Tandem put the fun in function keys

I am stuck at work late tonight, staring at my Outside View terminal emumalation screen. It features a visual toolbar representing the whole spectrum of Tandem function keys (since modern keyboards only go up to F12). I've never worked on actual Tandem terminals (nor have I worked on anything later than a VT220 ); did they really honestly and trule have TWENTY-FOUR (24) frickin' function keys?

That's like totally a lot of keys. I don't think our application uses anything past F16 (which Outside View lets us map to Esc).

ahh, the glory days of green-screen....

...did they really honestly and trule have TWENTY-FOUR (24) frickin' function keys?
That's like totally a lot of keys. I don't think our application uses anything past F16 (which Outside View lets us map to Esc).
I believe the IBM 3151 had 24 function keys as well. It wasn't that unusual.

Here's some pics of a Nokia keyboard with 24 function keys:
http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/nokia-top.jpg
http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/nokia.jpg

I remember using a custom VT220 emulator (orange/amber screen) that allowed for up to 32 functions keys to be mapped...

Now what was F23 used for again? :huh: :rolleyes:

We have plenty of terminals with 24 function keys. I'm not sure if we use all 24, but they are there.

I like the little overlays that you place that list each key's function.

Come to think of it, things were better in the 70's; when DEC's state-of-the-art was the VT52 and the W(yes _W_)T78.

Their keyboards had all different colors; black and red and green and blue and yellow....aaaahhhh

Some airline desks still have vintage stuff like that. I so prefer it to today's beige.

(Thick Accent) Beige? ...Beige? I don't need no stinking Beige! :chuckle:

Sorry, had to make the refrence - As my keyboard illuminates a light blue color.